NHL Betting News: Game 3 of Hockey Vancouver at San Jose. The San Jose Sharks are in a virtual must-win situation on Friday night as they host the Vancouver Canucks in NHL betting. The Sharks lost the first two games of the Western Conference finals in Vancouver and now the series shifts to San Jose for Game 3 on Friday night. Make your NHL bet on this game right now at the Sbg sportsbook.
Sharks -130, total 5.5 under
The Sharks had a chance to win Game 1 of this series against Vancouver but ran out of gas and lost 3-2. In Game 2 the Sharks ran out of patience and were run out of the building, losing 7-3. The Sharks made a number of mistakes, were poorly prepared and totally lost discipline. Vancouver made them pay by scoring seven goals. The Sharks were in the penalty box all night and the Canucks ran circles around San Jose in the third period as they exploded for four goals.
Sharks Style Must Change
It is completely mystifying to gamblers making an NHL bet why the Sharks have decided to play a wide open style against the Canucks. The one type of game that Vancouver is going to win every time is a fast paced game. They have two players in Henrik and Daniel Sedin who love to play a fast game with no hitting. San Jose is bigger and stronger and yet they have tried to skate with the Canucks. That is not the style needed to beat Vancouver. The Blackhawks nearly beat Vancouver in the first round by pounding on them and a Nashville team with no offensive talent took the Canucks to six games. San Jose has more talent than either of those two teams but if they don’t change their style to a more physical patient style they are going to lose this series.
Game Notes
The Canucks are 2-6 in the last 8 meetings in San Jose. The Canucks are 9-1 in their last 10 Friday games. The Canucks are 15-3 in their last 18 vs. the Pacific. The Canucks are 4-1 in their last 5 games as an underdog. The Canucks are 35-17 in their last 52 road games. The Sharks are 4-1 in their last 5 playoff games as a favorite. The Sharks are 0-8 in their last 8 Conference Finals games. Looking at the total in NHL betting, the Over is 3-1-2 in the Canucks last 6 road games. The Under is 6-1-1 in the Sharks last 8 home games. In this series, the Over is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings in San Jose.